New Orleans police are investigating two armed robberies with strikingly similar details that left two victims robbed in the same night within an hour.

Both incidents began with the victims accepting a ride from a woman in the French Quarter and ended with the victims being robbed by two men who were riding unnoticed, police said, in the back seat of the vehicle.

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The first incident happened on Bourbon Street and ended in the 300 block of Julia Street at midnight on Saturday.

Police said a man was walking on Bourbon Street when he was approached by an unknown white woman driving a silver SUV. The woman offered the man a ride to his hotel, police said, and when the man was inside the vehicle, two African-American men sitting unnoticed in the back seat demanded money.

Police said one of the men began choking the victim while the other brandished a handgun. After complying with the demands, the victim was struck in the head and let out of the vehicle which drove off in an unknown direction, police said.

The second incident began near Royal and Dumaine streets about 35 minutes later and ended in the 100 block of St. Charles Avenue.

Police said the victim was approached by an unknown white woman driving a light-colored Ford SUV and offered a ride.

While talking to the woman, two African-American men, riding unnoticed in the back seat, police said, struck the victim in the head with an object and said they had guns and demanded the victims money.

After complying with the demands, the trio let the man out of the vehicle and fled in an unknown direction.

Police didnt immediately say if the two reported armed robberies were connected.